Rate My Professor Adam Butz

Butz co-authored the book Race and Representative Bureaucracy in American Policing (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017). Selected peer-reviewed publications include 'The Color of Corrections: Racial Politics and Prison Privatization' (Social Policy & Administration, 2022, with R. C. Fording), 'Intersectionality and Social Welfare: Avoidance and Unequal Treatment among Transgender Women of Color' (Public Administration Review, 2022, with T. S. Gaynor), 'A Contingent Diffusion Model of Local Climate Policy Adoption: Evidence from Southern California Cities' (Cities, 2022, with B. An and J. L. Mitchell), 'Anti-Immigrant Sentiment and the Adoption of State Immigration Policy' (Policy Studies Journal, 2019, with J. E. Kehrberg), 'Policy Learning and the Diffusion of Stand-Your-Ground Laws' (Politics & Policy, 2015, with M. P. Fix and J. L. Mitchell), and 'Administrative Privatization and Employment Outcomes in the Implementation of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families' (Evaluation Review, 2015). His career includes prior roles as Assistant Professor at Marshall University (2012-2014) and instructor positions at Maryville University, Saint Louis University, and the University of Kentucky. Awards include a U.S. Department of Labor contract ($7,500, 2009), CHHS RSCA Small Faculty Grant ($2,250, 2018), Quinlan Endowment Travel Grants (Marshall University, 2013-2014), and the Malcolm E. Jewell Award (University of Kentucky, 2006). He has advised evaluations for Long Beach city offices, Los Angeles County Workforce Development Board, and other organizations.